Summary
Morgan Lesko is a founder and full-stack developer with two decades of experience building custom web-based databases, directories, and workflow automation tools for small and mid-sized organizations. He specializes in complex relational backends and hand-crafted WordPress and Laravel frontends, turning off-the-shelf frustration into tailored, maintainable systems that empower non-technical teams. Morgan also manages private cloud deployments and open-source stacks to reduce per-user SaaS costs and increase organizational control. His work ranges from high-usage consumer apps (BurnerMap reached ~20K users per summer) to civic tech like OpenPolice and sustainability analytics at Resource Innovation Institute. Comfortable wearing product, engineering, and ops hats, he partners with clients to map pragmatic technical roadmaps and then ships the software to match. Based in Grantsville, MD, he brings deep practical experience and a knack for making complicated data workflows approachable.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at University of Maryland